boggess, one stint behind bars wasn't enough to stop the revolving door. >> this is my second time being in a juvenile prison. i'm the type of person that i'm been trying to change it, but i still have that part of me i'm going to do what i want, when i want. ain't nobody going to stop me. >> as he serves his time in pendleton's gang unit, boggess says his former ties with the imperial gangsters gave him street cred, but that wasn't his own crutch on the outside. >> when you have a gun on you, it makes you feel a lot safer than it would if you didn't have one. the neighborhood i grew up in, people always shooting, fighting and stuff, and it's crazy. it makes you feel powerful, too, like you can't be touched, and i like that feeling. >> even behind bars, boggess has had his share of violent episodes -- fighting, battery, attempted escape. this is his second stint in a juvenile prison, this time for armed robbery.